Guides, prompt playbooks, and research
Prompt guides built from each model's documented controls, migration guides, and first-party research on pricing and leaderboards.
How to prompt Veo 3.1, audio included
Veo 3.1 generates dialogue, SFX, and ambient sound in the same pass as video, so audio is its own prompt clause. Google's syntax and eight worked templates.
Read →How to prompt Kling 3.0: camera control that works
Kling 3.0 Pro's edge is frame-by-frame camera direction. Nine template prompts built from its spec sheet, plus what the docs don't cover and cost settings.
Read →Fal vs Replicate vs Infer: which platform in 2026
Fal wins on latency, Replicate on catalog depth, Infer on multimodal price. This is Infer's own blog comparing itself, so here's the honest breakdown.
Read →How AI video leaderboards actually work (and why they disagree)
Elo, Bradley-Terry math, and dimension scoring, explained with a real example: the same model ranked #3 on one snapshot and #6 on another, 83 days apart.
Read →How to prompt Seedance 2.0: camera, lighting, audio
Seedance 2.0 Pro rewards director-style prompts: subject, camera move, lighting, and audio intent in one line. Ten worked templates and what fails.
Read →Replicate alternatives in 2026, post-Cloudflare
Cloudflare's acquisition of Replicate isn't a shutdown, but it's a reason to know your options. Here's who covers media, LLMs, and dedicated GPUs instead.
Read →Midjourney API alternatives: there's still no official one
Midjourney has no official API in 2026. Here's how V8.1's painterly, typography, and photoreal strengths map onto FLUX, Seedream, Nano Banana, and GPT Image.
Read →AI video pricing index: what a second costs in July 2026
Every AI video model price found in July 2026, cross-checked against fal.ai and official APIs, with a verification-status column for what is actually confirmed.
Read →Sora 2 is shutting down: alternatives and migration guide
OpenAI is retiring the Sora 2 API on September 24, 2026. Here is what to migrate to, what it costs on Infer, and the API and prompt changes to test before then.
Read →The State of AI Video Generation: July 2026
Twelve months of AI video data: leaderboard shifts, an 8x price spread, and audio going from novelty to table stakes. The July 2026 reference report.
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